Parents

Career Gateway helps your child achieve his/her career goals by bridging the gap between classwork and the real-world. It provides a way for students and job-seekers to actively interact with area employers and career coaches. By encouraging your child to use the tools and resources available, you can help them discover and attain their career goals.

As the parent or guardian of a child with a Career Cruising account, you can:

View your child's goals, interests, achievements, and experiences

Track your child's plans and progress

Provide feedback to your child and his or her teachers and advisors

Receive messages from your child's school

Explore Career Cruising to learn more about career and education options

How can a parent participate?

Encourage your child to use the tools and resources available

Encourage your employer to participate (Sign up on the Career Gateway Employer page)

Sign up to be an online career coach in a particular field of study. Do you have expertise in a particular career field? Would you like to share your expertise with area students? (Sign up on the Career Gateway Employer page)

To gain access to the parent portal, you should contact the counseling department at your child's school.

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Educators

Career Gateway is an online tool that helps students and job-seekers achieve their career goals by bringing together education and industry. Area students and job-seekers can actively interact with employers and career coaches via an online platform. Using Career Gateway educators can:

Link school activities to local opportunities and organization

Identify companies that offer employment or career development activities their students and job seekers need

Connect with companies to coordinate field trips, internships, guest speakers, and other enrichment activities

Easily track students and job seekers' use of the Career Gateway features

Communicate with students and job seekers about opportunities in their community

If you are a faculty memeber, area HS teacher or counselor, but do not have access to the educator portal, contact us at careergateway@rcc.mass.edu

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Students

Welcome RCC student! You are just a click away from accessing the many features of Career Cruising and Career Gateway to aide in your career development.

Career Cruising Features

Career Coach Message BoardsPost questions for real working people in different careers, contribute to threaded discussions, and read posts from other people.

Company ProfilesLearn more about employers in your area and discover what careers are available.

Career Development ActivitiesSearch for career development activities, such as internships, volunteer programs, and scholarships offered by employers in your community.

Industry ProfilesFind out which industries are on the rise, what jobs are in demand now, and what are the careers of the future.

Employers

How it works

Students use Career Cruising every day to explore and develop their career aspirations. Career Gateway builds on a student's and job seeker's career development by connecting them to real-life professionals and is achieved online by:

Linking careers they are interested in with local companies that hire those careers through online career discussion boards

Connecting with company volunteers in the community through career discussion forums

Taking their education out of the classroom by participating in work-based career activities (eg. company tours, job shadowing, summer internships, mentors).

Volunteers gain access and participate in these programs simply by accessing their Career Gateway account. Participation is FREE! Please click on the link below to go to Career Gateway and sign up.

Benefits for Career Professionals and Businesses

The benefits are huge! With all the students accessing Career Gateway as part of their career development curriculum, your involvement will:

Increase your company's visibility in the community

Actively build and develop your future workforce

Promote careers in growing industries

Highlight greater Boston as a great place to live and work

Business features

Career Gateway allows your company to reach job seekers and students in completing Associate degrees and certificates. Volunteers gain access and participate in these programs simply by accessing their Career Gateway account. The best part, is that participation is FREE! Here are some ways you and your company can choose to get involved with Career Gateway to impact our future workforce:

Career FairsCareer Fairs give students and job seekers a look at a variety of occupations. Business people can staff a booth or meet with groups of students to provide information about the careers available at their companies. The more interactive and hands-on the better the experience for both the student and employer.

Committee Member Participation in a variety of workforce development needs and education preparatory models along with education, other businesses and organizations. Committee work might include pathway exploration, advisory committee for a particular school or related subject.

Company Tour Tours allow groups of students, job seekers, and/or teachers to view an organization's facility and operation and to see what happends outside the classroom.

Guest Speeker Guest speakers talk about their job, business or industry, with students, job seekers, and/or teachers. This can be done in a classroom, auditorium, workshop, or at a community event. Speakers are encouraged to bring visual aids, and props that they can pass around. The more interactive and hands-on the better!

Internships Internships provide students and job seekers with opportunities to experience "hands-on" learning in the area of their career interests and apply classroom learning in a real-life environment. In addition to exploring a particular career pathway, industry, or occupation, students learn workplace readiness/soft skills and entry level job skills and begin to build their portfolio and professional network. Assignments may include occupation-related tasks and/or special projects. These experiences may be paid or unpaid, and students may receive school credit for them, and reflect a range of hours per week depending on the employers needs.

Informational interviews allow students and job seekers to explore a particular occupation and gather information about the necessary preparation, required knowledge, and other interesting facts. Information interviews help students and job seekers broaden their vision of career fields, gain exposure to different adult role models, and understand the connection between school, work, and achieving goals. During the interview, a business person provides the participant with a glimpse of what the career is like, the necessary training, and workplace requirements. The student job seeker prepares a set of questions and the interview can take place in person, by phone or e-mail, or in a group.

Job OpportunitiesEmployers offer opportunities to experience "hands-on" learning in the area of their career interests and apply classroom learning in a real-life environment through a part-time or summer job. The student may do occupation-related tasks and/or special projects. These experiences are paid and occur over the summer or after school during the school year.

Job ShadowStudents and job seekers "shadow" one or more employees at a business site to learn the daily routines and activities of a particular job. Businesses and employees who host job shadows go about their regular work while discussing it with the student. The individual observes the employee and "interview" the employee about his/her work and education. Job shadows help students develop communication skills and make the connection between academic classroom work and their career goals.

JudgeMany high school and post-secondary students participate in academic competitions. Judges ensure competition rules are followed and provide direct feedback to the students on their performance. Judges receive training in advance to ensure they understand the competition rules, and receive ongioing support from the organization in charge of the competition.

ScholarshipsOffer or post a scholarship program tailored to the needs of the industry or career desired.

Service Learning OpportunitiesService learning opportunities give students and job seekers an opportunity to give back to their communities while performing meaningful projects at local for-profit businesses, government agencies, and non-profits. Many senior projects (required for graduation) involve service learning projects.

Virtual Career CoachVirtual career coaches answer student and job seeker questions about their jobs, offer advice or otherwise support individuals via an online forum. This allows career coaches to volunteer from their desk at work, at home or when traveling, and allows students access to a network of knowledge, supportivie adults they might not otherwise be able to reach.

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Welcome to Career Gateway

Career Gateway brings together Roxbury Community College, business and industry to help students achieve their goals and address the workforce development needs of communities.

Career Gateway is an online program that assists Roxbury Community College students in developing an understanding of career options and connects students to local professionals and area businesses offering mentoring and career development.

Career Gateway builds on a student’s and job seeker’s career development by connecting them to real-life professionals and is achieved online by:

Linking careers students are interested in with local companies hiring those careers through online career discussion boards

Connecting with company volunteers in the community through career discussion forums

Taking their education out of the classroom by participating in work-based career activities (eg. company tours, job shadowing, summer internships, mentors)

For more information, please select one of the following that best describes you: